Chrysler's Mopar division went hog-wild on new off-roading rigs for the 44th Easter Jeep Safari. There's a quartet of Wranglers, the bitchin' Nukizer concept, a high-clearance Powerwagon and the Raptor-like Ram Runner. Glad to see someone at ChryCo's still kicking.

The Wrangler Immortal packs a seriously cool upgrade — bolt on gear-reduced portal axle ends. The system's designed to work with Mopar's Pro Rock and Power Wagon performance axles and afford 5" of additional clearance and a 1.5 gear reduction. Powering this sucker is AEV's 5.7-liter HEMI conversion kit running through 4:1 transfer case for a crawl drive ratio of a whopping 100:1. No need for hill decent control on this bad boy.

We saw the radical Jeep Nukizer 715 a bit earlier and are still cleaning up the keyboard drool. It starts off with the Jeep J8 chassis, adds a modified M-715 military vehicle cab and an AEV Brute bed then tops everything off with a custom canvas top. We want it, we need it, Chrysler, make it so.

The Wrangler Trail Boss is basically a Rubicon with the Mopar and AEV parts catalog thrown at it. It's got the half doors, 3-inch lift kit, bead lock wheels, AEV bumpers and hood, a Warn winch, sun bonnet and a partridge in a pear tree.

The Ford F150 SVT Raptor seems to have stirred up the pot when it comes to desert ready off road trucks. Toyota's talking about a hi-po Tundra and here's Chrysler with their Ram Runner. It's more or less set up as pre-runner light with a custom high-travel suspension, all-fiberglass fenders the full set up to do some serious speed out in the boonies.

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The Wrangler General is built to climb rocks. It's got a 4.5-inch lift, bead lock wheels, flat fenders, rock rails and underbody armor, and a half-door kit so you can lean over the side to watch wheel placement.

The Jeep Wrangler J7 is basically a civilianized version of the military-upgraded Jeep J8. It starts as a Wrangler Unlimited and has the interior stripped out, including the carpets and stereo, a two-inch lift is applied, and the helicopter hook-equipped solid metal bumper bolted on. This is the J8 anyone could build if they were so inclined.